hazy kl and peter hoe and monsters.

last week was a rough one. KL, and all of peninsular malaysia and singapore, experienced the effects of crop-burning from indonesia. this is a yearly occurrence. there are a number of politics surrounding the issue, but basically, crops are burned in indonesia to clear the fields, the smoke makes its way across the strait to malaysia and singapore, we're stuck with haze. the...

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laguna/bang tao

so, as previously mentioned, we moved from patong up to bang tao/laguna for the weekend, since that's where my race was. up there, we stayed at the amora phuket beach resort. it was interesting, to say the least. the room was clean, except for some mold in the bathroom. the wifi was only free in the lobby. it cost 600 baht/$20 for three days of wifi, but even then, the password...

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elephant day!!

this was the day we were waiting for, the day to meet the elephants!! i booked this tour through phuket.com also, and it was at siam safari. we immediately started by meeting the elephants, and then taking our elephant ride. each elephant has a mahout, who is matched with the elephant while young and stays with it throughout its life. they are best pals. the ride...

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patong night!

on our one full night in patong (we arrived late the first night so we didn't explore), we walked left out of the hotel down to a market with tons of hawker stalls. luckily we went hungry! the food was all very fresh, as they generally are in hawker stalls. and also very full of foods i didn't really care to try! this lady made some very delicious fresh crepes. nutella...

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